NAPA

National Association of Physician Advisors
Combining the Tactical PA with the Strategic PA

Welcome to NAPA! The only national association solely dedicated to the role of the Physician Advisor. Check back for updates and feel free to contact us with any questions about NAPA and our annual conference.

WRG Conference

Featured Event

7th Conference on Optimizing the Role of the Physician Advisor
September 28-29, 2010 • Washington, DC

World Research Group presents the 7th conference on Optimizing the Role of the Physician Advisor; East Coast. Enhancing the role and influence of a PA in a hospital setting is still a challenge and remains a focus of this event. Now more than ever, hospital administrations are turning to Physician Advisors to bolster them for the extreme regulatory changes coming down as a result of Health Care Reform. This event offers the latest survival strategies to maximize your resources, knowledge, and clout to keep your facility afloat amidst the changing hospital market climate.
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Featured Case Studies
  • Understand Health Care Reform and its affect on reimbursement, requirements for documentation, and expectations of the PA
  • Transition from a reactive problem solver to a proactive planner
  • Prepare your staff for EMR Adoption and RAC audits
  • Benchmark your interpretation of CMS guidelines against leading hospitals to ensure compliance
  • Define boundaries of the PA and Case Manager role to avoid burnout
  • Establish yourself as a resource and liaison for providers
  • Learn the latest clinical documentation enhancement strategies and spread to your physicians
  • Reduce readmissions by engaging in safe, high quality discharge
  • Demonstrate the value and ROI of your role to hospital administration
  • Appeal denials while successfully decreasing the volume of incoming denials
To learn more visit: www.worldrg.com/PhysicianAdvisor

The National Association of Physician Advisors (NAPA) is in partnership with World Research Group (WRG). It is dedicated to creating a forum for physician advisors, case managers, VPMAs, medical directors and other hospital professionals in the departments of utilization and compliance for:
  • Networking: Connect through social networking sites and national conferences with your peers, superiors and consultants.
  • Knowledge Transfer: Share strategies, best practices and lessons learned through national events, online discussion forums and publications.
  • Industry Development: Begin the process of developing the Physician Advisor’s role as a true specialty area in healthcare.

NAPA provides a central place for PAs to network and discuss everyday questions and challenges:

Working Together
  • The Evolving Role of the PA
  • Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs)
  • Coding & Documentation
  • Reducing Denials
  • Utilization Management
  • The Liability & Responsibility of the Physician Advisor
  • Measuring the Success of a Physician Advisor Program